voc 2021 episode 02: Wendy O’Sullivan

National Park Service: Chesapeake Bay Office

Wendy O’Sullivan is the superintendent of the NPS Chesapeake Bay Office, headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. She oversees the NPS effort to manage and develop the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and support the protection and restoration of the bay. Over O’Sullivan’s 20-year NPS career, she has served in three NPS regions and its national headquarters, gaining extensive experience in park partnerships, community engagement, stewardship and program management. She started her career as the management assistant at Biscayne National Park in South Florida where she advised NPS leadership on policy issues associated with adjacent land use and large landscape conservation efforts. O’Sullivan later worked in the NPS headquarters in the Partnerships and Philanthropic Stewardship Office, managing corporate and philanthropic relations for the agency. In the early 2000s, O’Sullivan worked with the Virginia Congressional delegation and local communities to create Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park located in the Shenandoah Valley. Most recently, she served in a detail assignment as acting superintendent for Fire Island National Seashore in New York.